Washington / Beijing: China flight regulator has ordered canceling more than 60 scheduled flights from the United States in recent weeks, after many passengers were tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in China.
China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) has mandated cancellations from flights of public passenger 22 total to Shanghai under the rules of Pandemic Covid-19: 10 by Delta Air Lines, six of the United Airlines and six airlines.
Delta said it canceled Detroit flights to Shanghai last Friday and for January 14 because of China’s rules needed “all-affected operators”, whose passengers tested positive Covid-19, “to cancel the service into China.” CAAC said on Tuesday that it would cancel two other delta flights from Detroit to Shanghai and six other delta flights from Seattle to Shanghai starting next week – bringing total cancellation to 10 for airlines.
The regulator has also canceled 42 other US flights operated by Chinese operators after a positive Covid-19 test.
Most of the canceled flights were operated by three of China’s largest airlines, according to the calculation of the suspension of Reuters flights for the new year.
The United States faces a surge in infection caused by a very contagious Omicron variant and on Monday has 132,646 people being hospitalized with Covid, goes beyond 132,051 records set in January 2021.
On average seven days for new cases multiply in 102 .
Day to 704,000.
United said it was forced to cancel flights from San Francisco to Shanghai scheduled for January 15, 19, 22 and 26.
Chicago-based carrier flew from San Francisco to Shanghai four times a week.
Department of Transportation U.S.
(USDOT) did not immediately comment on Monday night.
As-China air service Pandemic Covid-19, China and the United States have argued the air service.
In August, USDOT was limited to four flights from Chinese operators to a passenger capacity of 40% for four weeks after Beijing imposed an identical limit on four United Airlines flights.
China told United in August tourists who tested positive Covid-19 after their arrival in China.
“The department said the operator” did not have the means to verify the results of positive tests allegedly by the Chinese authorities.
“AS-China Air Agreement that has long established enabling countries to operate more than 100 weekly flights between the two countries but only a small portion of that Currently operating.
Former US President Donald Trump in January 2020 prohibits almost all non-US residents who have been in China in the last 14 days of traveling to the United States.
President Joe Biden in November raised the restrictions on China’s trip Vaccinated.